SPER was originally formed in fall 2006 under the name Students Confronting
Apartheid in Israel (later ‘by Israel’), but we changed our name to Students for
Palestinian Equal Rights in order to better reflect the mission of our organization and
our desired goals.

Since SPER’s inception, successive generations of Stanford students have gathered
to organize educational events, and to campaign for the University’s divestment
from companies profiting from Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories. You
can read more about our previous events and our divestment campaign on the past
activities page.

SPER is a vibrant and dynamic organization that seeks to actively engage with the Stanford community. We enjoy working with other student organizations toward mutual goals.

If you would like to contact SPER, our officers for 2012-13 are:

SPER’s Weekly Meetings

SPER holds weekly meetings during the fall, winter, and spring quarters. Our winter
2013 meetings are held at 10:00pm on Thursdays in Old Union.

The main purpose of these meetings is to plan educational events and work on
our divestment campaign. Anyone who is interested in contributing to these activities is
welcome to attend!

Upcoming Events

Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 7 PM (Nitery 209): Senate to vote on divestment.

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